Little bit of a disconnect there between the headline and the body of the article (and reality).

I guess that's why it's important to actually read an article.

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There is no disconnect between the headline and the article. The article clearly says that the Senate Democrats voted down allowing 72 hours for reading the healthcare legislation and posting it online. The article then points out House Republicans (with a few Dems signing on) presented a petition in the House to force a vote on the 72 hour rule but Democratic Leadership opposed and discouraged Dem rank and file from supporting it.

If you didn't get it there...you can get it in the dozens of other articles.

Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., himself admitted that This probably sounds a little crazy to some people that we are voting on something before we have seen legislative language. Indeed.

Baucus excuse - that it would take his committee staff two weeks to post the bill online  sounds a little crazy too. Finance Committee members are the only ones who vote based on the plain English version of a bill, not the legally-binding language.